Letters from a Lost Generation : First World War Letters of Vera Brittain and Four Friends

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Nothing in the papers, not the most vivid and heart-rending descriptions, have made me realise war like your letters' Vera Brittain to Roland Leighton, 17 April 1915. This selection of letters, written between 1913 x{0026} 1918, between Vera Brittain and four young men - her fiance Roland Leighton, her brother Edward and their close friends Victor Richardson x{0026} Geoffrey Thurlow present a remarkable and profoundly moving portrait of five young people caught up in the cataclysm of total war. Roland, 'Monseigneur', is the 'leader' x{0026} his letters most clearly trace the path leading from idealism to disillusionment.

Edward, ' Immaculate of the Trenches', was orderly x{0026} controlled, down even to his attire. Geoffrey, the 'non-militarist at heart' had not rushed to enlist but put aside his objections to the war for patriotism's sake. Victor on the other hand, possessed a very sweet character and was known as 'Father Confessor'.

An important historical testimony telling a powerful story of idealism, disillusionment and personal tragedy.